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SHER SHAH ^’ KATHA

He was not from a royal family but his vision and ambition set him
ABLE STATESMAN, BRAVE V/ARRIOR
far above the ordinary. Farid, who was later known as Sher Shah,
was the son of an Afghan estate owner of Sasaram. Discriminated
against by his stepmother he sought refuge with the governor of
Jaunpur. From there it was a long and rough ride for the brave
young man but he pursued his dream and not only did he become
the ruler of Bihar, he also defeated the Mughal forces of Humayun
and went on to become the Emperor of Hindustan.

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FAf^lP, WHO LATEI^: EAf^EP

THE TITLE OE SHE/^ EfNAH,
ANP BECHME ONE OF THE
OFEATEeT eULEFS OF
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MEP/EPAL INPIA WAe THE
eON OF HAOAN^AN
AFOHAN ESTATE OWNEF
OF SAe>A/^AM.
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA SHER SHAH

HAE*/\K/ HAO CA&T Ae>/OE HIS AFGHAN WIFE, ANC> HAO MARR^IEO A I PNOW WHV ^
BEAUTIFUL BUT WKJCEC? ^OUNO WOMAN, WHO HATEO FARJU /\NO SHE HATES ME.SHE i
BROTHER N/ZAM WANTS FATHER TO
eiVE THE ESTATE
TO her son,
5ULAIMAN ?

AT LAGT, ONE DA'9-

WHAT CAN VOU C^O f IT*S

NO USE STAVIN0 HERE.
0O A WAV FROM SASARAM
FOR A WHILE.
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ANP
^ VOU ? -■

NIZAM often had TO WATCH HELP- LATER- PON’T CRV

LESS>Ly THE ILL TREATAAENT METED FARIP. I WISH ONE PAV I SHALL
OUT TO HIS ELDER BROTHER, FARID. k I COULD WRING RETURN ANP SHOW
HEP NECkl THEM WHAT I AM
VOU’LLBE \
CAPABLE OF.
PUNISHEP J
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NO USE
FATHER IS
JU6T A6 VOU COMPLETELY
/ PUNISH VOUR- UNDER
POOR PEASANTS. HER SPELL I
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HE MEMOR/eEO BELAERAL OF LAND

ARABIC CLABB/Ce. THEN- HIM AAO&T.

THE POOR PEASANTS

TOIL BUT PO NOT
ENJOV THE
FRUITS OF
THEIR
LABOUR. ' ^/f

IF I EVER ©ET
fHEN HAePiN LEARNT OF FAR/l?'e WHEREABOUTe
THE OPPOR-
TUNITV
H/AA BACK.
/ VOUR FATHER / 6IR, PLEA0E TELL I WILL
WANT6 VOU TO MV FATHER THAT CHANGE ALL
RETURN TO JAUNPUR 10 A FAR
SASARAM ANP /WORE SUITABLE
CONTINUE ^OUR PLACE FOR A
STUPIES SCHOLAR.
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SHER SHAH
HAe/\N \A^ENT TO UAUNPUi^ TO HERE 16 AAV CHANCE TO PUT THAT’S A VALIP REASON
MEET HfS SON, FAf^lO H^AS THEN INTO PRACTICE ALL THE A LEAVE HIM ALONE.
U6EFUL THING6^^^^^J 7 I SAIP, LEAVE HIM whatp
V ALON E! A
I AM GETTING OLP LEARNT.
COME BACICANP
AAANAGE THE j

BUT FARfU WAS NOT THiS /NC/EENT SET FARJU TH/NR/NS. DO MUCH OPPRES¬
TRUST H/S WEAR p SION WILL BRING
FATHER WEHOUT . NO GOOP TO THE
COUNTRV. JUSTICE
ALONE BRINGS
P^OSF^RITV ANP
. RESPECT FOR
k AUTHORITV.

I’LL COME 1
BACIC IF VOU
PROMISE TO
LET ME PO WHAT^4
IS JUST ANP RIGHT, A MEETING WHERE
the oppressors ant> the
OPPRESSED WERE PRESENT I WILL NOT TOLERATE
THE TREATMENT METEP
OUT TO THE PEASANT
^ THEIR RIGHTS
ij- ■ r-*
TfLi fli
STOP THAT ! THAT’S 1 1 ^ MUST BE
NO WAV TO MAICE RE5PECTEP. ^
HIM PAV
HIS TAX.

^ I CAN’T
PAV EVEN
IF I WANT
TO, SIR.
THE VIELP
WAS POOR
 AMAR CH1TRA KATHA SHER SHAH

HU INTt^tKJCEO /H /V/flV T/K/^f\TlON. iiWS

Fufzioue>.
WHEN THE VIELP IS OOOP
THE LANP-OWNER. WILL0ET
ONE FOURTH OF IT AS
REVENUE. WHEN IT IS POOR
LENIENCV
SHALL BE
SHOWN.

HE COLLECTEIP A SMALL EANO OF aUPPO/^TE/^EJ ANP> SWOOPED DOWKl |

AT NISHT ON THE [//LEASES BELONSINS TO THE OFFENDEfPS.

IF WE PON’T EXACT
AAAXIMUM TAXES
WHAT WILL WE LIVE
ON? LET’S LEAVE
THIS POINTLESS
MEETING.
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THE OBQT/HATE WE PROMieE TO iiiitni

OPPI^ESSORE} ABIPE BV VOUR.
AT LAST '9lELl?EO. TERM0. y

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HURRAH, /W\6TER A LON0 LIVE \

FARIP! vrv SHALL
// AAA0TER / ENJOV THE
<4 /. FARIP. / FRUITS OF
4 'uOUR
LABOUR..

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HE[^ALAR.MED BV THE
>
6ULAIMAN,
#*■
FARIP 10 BECOMIN0
TOO POPULAR..
WE MUST SET
j1r^r»v f^lP OF HIM.
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THE UTTEfEC9 P/ee>UeT£I?
Ff\(^JO THIS TIME Z>ECIDED TO
FPPROFCH B/HAP. fCHAN
WHOSE OOMAIN EXTENJOEO
FEOfA UAUNPUE TO BIHAR..
SHER SHAH
1
IN TIME FARID BECAME BIHAR THE (SAME THAT DA'9 WAS A TI0ER,
RHAN'S MOST TRUSTED FRIEND,
AND OFTEN JOINED HIM ON

B/HAR la-IAN WAS OA/L9 TOO PLEASED TO ENCbAOE FARID WHOSE

FAME AS AN ABLE ADMINISTRATOR HAD SPREAD.

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AMAR CHITRA KATHA

MEANWHtLE HASAN PiEP. ONCE MOfEE THE ESTATE SLIPREP OUT OF SHER KHAN*S HANPE>.
__ ON^&HAJe KHAN N/ZAM HAP A SU(5(5EE>T/ON.
&E€>AN TC? C^PENP AAORE. ANP AND^E
ON SHER. KHAN, w-—^ ^THI6 ORPER. MAKES ME ^
WHV PON’T VOU ENTER THE
J I APPOINT >OU M THE HEIR TO THE ESTATE.
SERVICE OF KIN0 BABARP
TUTOR TO AAV 60M JALAL
felHAN. AAAkilE HIAA AS WISE HE MAV HELP VOU WIN
BACK VOUR ESTATE.
AS VOU.

SO SHEfE KHAN UO/NED BABA/E, iVHO HAAS

BV H/M. I---7-
( AAARtC MV VMORPS.THAT
SHER RHAN WILLCbO
FAR. I SEE AAARJC6
^ OF ROVALT^^^
ON HIS 5

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EAfENINS BA3AP.*S CONF/DENCE^ I FIFTEEN MONTHS LATEI^,

SHEfE. KHAN SOUGHT HIS HELP HO^EUEJE, PUfEJNS ONE OF
TO W/A/ BACK H/S ESTA TE, BU T- 6ABA/E*S CAMPAIGNS,THE
ESTATE ONCE AGAIN FELL INTO
I CANNOT SHEP KHAN*S HANPS.
HELP VOU
IMMEDIATE' MV LANP! IT’S MINE
LV, SHER
KHAN. OUR
POSITION AT
THE MOMENT
IS CRITICAL .

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MC/\MK>H/LE A ME56A^ FROM ]/ ...THERE 16 UTTER CHA06 Hie EEFOf^me IN LANE? eE\?ENUE WE^E /NTEOPUCEE? THROUCoHOUT
BIHAR KHAN’6 WIPOW?/V IN BIHAR. JALAL 15 A
WHAT POE5 SHE minor. I CAN TURN
WANTf ONLV TO VOU FOR
> '• HELP ANP OUlPANCE
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KHAN'S AKfZt\^AL IN BlHA,^, THE

AT ABOUT THAT TIAAE AN lAARORTANT EVENT TOOK

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THE AAA5TER. OF THE STRONG
CHUNAR FORT HAS BEEN
SLAIN. IT CAN BE VOURSJF
you AGREE TO MARRV THE i Av,,
WIPOW, LAPV
AAALIICA.

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WH/LE PEACEFULLY ANP>

P^fSMT OF
SO U^HEU JALAL tCHAN 700^ THE NOBLES INTO HIS CONFIDENCE
THEY SAVE H/AA THEHE FULL SUPPOfET.

...KIN0 UALAL tCHAN WA^ JALAL THEN 50USHT THE HELP OF kJNS MAHMUD SHAH
AWAtCE ANU TPOUBLEP. OF BENOAL WHO HIMSELF COVETED B/HAP.
WHEN SHER KHAKI
X k i/ 1 s ^ aTv w vr L£:y
I’M WILLING TO HELP OVERTHROWN IT
YOU THROW WILL BE EASV
OUT 6HER KIHAN.LET^ FOR ME TO WREST
BEGIN AT ONCE. BIHAR from
'tOUR HANP0.

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AMAR CHITRA KATHA

II THUS df\U\L la-IPiN

euT-
THI& VICTORS MAk^Ee
ME THE RJJLER.OF .
BIHAR., BUT I MU5T ^
NOT ASSUME
ROVAL TITLES

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LhTEF e>HEF T^-HAN FELENTLESSLS ATTACHED BENOAL.TILLElNALCi-

ON THE BPiTTLEFtELD
f\T SUF.hJ(bPFH-

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W I55Q HE CAPTUFED 0AUF. MV ARMV IS FIT ANP

LUCIC IS WITH ME.
AT / AC^T ,JAf A/ t'AfAKJ nO/iJAAJ ry/JT r/ NOW IS THE TIME FOR I 6HOULP STRIKE
THINICIN0 ANP NOW. PERHAPS
PLANNING. jOS^: COULP CAPTURE
THE MUGHAL
TERRITORIES
FROM HUMAVUN.
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AMAR CHITRA KATHA
WHILE HU/\AA^UN*e> ARMV \WAe (bOfN(3 TOWARDS A(3RA-
WHEN TO U5E WO/^DS /NeTEAD OF SWORDE).
/ AT MV SiSNAL OUR TROOPS
{shall attack the MU6HAL0
^ AND CUT OFF
' ^ ^ A I A\ THEIR.

*w

jjf
&

WH/LE THE /MPER/AL Ml/SHAL ARMV WAS SLEEF*/N& PEACEEULL

1 THIS WAe WHAT SHER EHAN WANTED TO HEAR.

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AMAR CHITRA KATHA
SHER SHAH

BUT '>T A /Vt/W Ai\^Ay By

HE MOl^EU ONLy WHE^/ HE WAEf
iT LET’6 NOT
F14R0UE HUMAVUN
TO AORA . \Ve> ^
TIME TO RETURN
TO BIHAR.

HOW HE HAT? TO EEOCLA/M

h/aasele the fC/N(o. I-

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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
SHER SHAH
BUT t-* S .J

I W/i] fUNB 3HER E?HAH*Q AMBITION IMAB TO RULE OUER H/NUUSTAN.

IN ISLAMIC LAW TO A66UMI AB LON(5 AB HUA/iAyUN WAS BT/LL THERE^ HE HAP^ LITTLE CHANCE.
50VER.EI6NTV, THE NEW BO A yEAR LATER, IN 1540 BHER BHAH*B ARMV RITCHEO ITB
f•
klING MUST HAVE K.HUTBA’* TENTS OPPOSITE THE MUSHAL ARMy*B CAMP ON THE BANKS OF
REAP IN HI6 NAME IN ALL THE SANSES • 1

^THE MOSQUES, SIR SHALL WE ^/ NO. THE TIME IS)

v; ATTACK Jl\ NOT VET /
L/.A NOW 9 RIPE.

In/nnuu.
4
^ LET IT BE ^ }
PONE ANP let
there be
FESTIVITIES FOR
SEVEN PAV6.

W [MEMBER. /S39 A.O.

RHAN Ae>CENP>EP> THE THRONE

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SHER SHAH

r RVE t7lVI0ON6
OF ^ THOU6NSP
MEN EACH
£>HOULP &E
KEAC7V TO

HUAAAVUN
16 FLEEIN©.
LET*6 CHA6E
HIM OUT OF
HINPU6TAN.

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AMAR CHITRA KATHA SHER SHAH

IT le MV HINPUS ANP
ROYAL MUSLIMS WILL BE
WI6H THAT IN MY TREATEP ALIKE.
K1IN6POM NEW ALL ARE MV
TREE5 BE SUBJECTS.
PLANTEP;
WELL6 PU(3
ANP REST
HOUSES
BU

^ ^ '

I
WHEN HUAAPNUN ANP> H/E> MEN WEEE CRIMES SHALL BE PUNI6HEP, CO/A/S WEEE e>TfEUCK WHICH
SHE^ SHAH*S E>UCCEE>E) Wf\Q COMRLETE SEVERELY. I WANT MY PEOPLE WEEE THE (3EEATEe>r MONU¬
TO SLEEP PEACEFULLY, WITH MENT TO H/S MEMOlEy. THEy
ON TO C?ELHI NO FEAR OF THIEVES.
THE THRONE BECAAAE THE BABIS OF OUE.
I’LL BUIL17 EXIST!Ne CUEEENCy.
I
OF PELHI . A NEW
AT LA6T. J V CITY. y

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